the building that now houses the Sanskrit College on College Street. In 1855 the 'Pathshala' part was renamed as Hindu School and the 'Mahapathshala' part became Presidency College, Kolkata. Medium of education Hindu School had been providing education primarily in Bengali medium until 2017, prior to its bi-centenary, when it has been decided to introduce English as the second medium of imparting education. Notable alumni Short notable alumni list Young Bengals Satyendranath Tagore. Jyotirindranath Tagore. Taraknath Palit Bhaktivinoda Thakur Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee Satyendra Nath Bose Chhabi Biswas Birendranath Sircar Nitin Bose Meghnad Saha Michael Modhusudan Dutt Prasanna Kumar Tagore Rajendralal Mitra Peary Chand Mitra Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder Keshob Chandra Sen Nisith Ranjan Ray Rishi Rajnarayan Bosu Anandamohan Bose Kaliprasanna Singha Radharaman Mitra Kulada Charan Das Gupta Sankar Das Banerji Santosh Kumar Mitra References External links Boys' schools in India Schools in Colonial India Presidency University, Kolkata High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata Educational institutions established in 1817 1817 establishments in British India Hinduism in Kolkata Hindu universities and colleges Hindu schools in India